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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Gir

Basic Info

Feature Name	Gir
Clean Name	Gir
Feature ID	2175
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	34.84 °
Southmost Latitude	33.25 °
Eastmost Longitude	144.79 °
Westmost Longitude	146.70 °
Diameter	73.00 km
Center Latitude	34.05 °
Center Longitude	145.75 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((214.17792216347488 33.24929315092867, 214.02903064505077 33.26894158098183, 213.8856612814587 33.307754631530806, 213.7513443022461 33.36477659645797, 213.62938703721366 33.43860340574178, 213.52279247897943 33.52741719832053, 213.43418533933402 33.62903108386484, 213.36574742012598 33.74094299127545, 213.31916389005855 33.860397277977604, 213.29558179024394 33.98445258298665, 213.29558179024394 34.11005425297732, 213.31916389005855 34.234109557986365, 213.36574742012598 34.353563844688516, 213.43418533933402 34.465475752099145, 213.52279247897943 34.56708963764344, 213.62938703721366 34.65590343022219, 213.7513443022461 34.729730239506, 213.8856612814587 34.786752204433164, 214.02903064505077 34.825565254982145, 214.17792216347488 34.8452136850353, 214.328669633405 34.8452136850353, 214.47756115182912 34.825565254982145, 214.62093051542118 34.786752204433164, 214.75524749463378 34.729730239506, 214.87720475966623 34.65590343022219, 214.98379931790046 34.56708963764344, 215.07240645754587 34.465475752099145, 215.1408443767539 34.353563844688516, 215.18742790682134 34.234109557986365, 215.21101000663595 34.11005425297732, 215.21101000663595 33.98445258298665, 215.18742790682134 33.860397277977604, 215.1408443767539 33.74094299127545, 215.07240645754587 33.62903108386484, 214.98379931790046 33.52741719832053, 214.87720475966623 33.43860340574178, 214.75524749463378 33.36477659645797, 214.62093051542118 33.307754631530806, 214.47756115182912 33.26894158098183, 214.328669633405 33.24929315092867, 214.17792216347488 33.24929315092867))
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Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Asia
Culture	Sumerian
Origin	Sumerian god of summer heat.
Reference	[27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 1:44 PM

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